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Serum gastrin in canine chronic lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis
Authors:García-Sancho Mercedes  Rodríguez-Franco Fernando  Sainz Angel  Rodríguez Antonio  Silván Gema  Illera Juan Carlos
Institution:Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Avenida Puerta de Hierro s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. mercgarc@vet.ucm.es
Abstract:This study evaluates serum gastrin concentrations in dogs with chronic lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis, as well as its possible relationship with the severity of lesions present in the stomach. To achieve this aim, 5 dogs without gastrointestinal disease and 15 dogs with chronic lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis were included. Serum gastrin concentrations were significantly increased in dogs with chronic lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis compared with those in dogs without gastrointestinal disease. Also, there was a positive correlation between the severity of the gastric lesion and the serum gastrin concentration. Our findings indicate the possibility that gastrin plays a role in the etiology of an accompanying chronic antral gastritis in canine chronic lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis.
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